Rail-joint.



F. KLIMECZEK & J. ZBLEZNIAK. RAIL JOINT.

APPLIUATION FILED 141111.28, 1914.

1,.98,909. Patented June 2,1914d WITNESSES COLUMBIA PLANQUE FRANCISZEKKLIMECZEK AND JACOB ZELEZNIAK, OF ]EILB.`EI#I,'I, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

Application led March 28, 1914. Serial No. 828,070.

To all whom. t may concern Be it known that we, Fanncrsznn KLI- iunoznnand JACOB Znnnznniii, subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,residing at Filbert, in the county of McDowell and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relatesv to rail joints and has for its object to providemeans, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, for connecting together theopposing ends of a pair of track rails without the employment of nuts,at the same time allowing for the necessary contraction and expansion ofthe track rails o due to climatic infiuences.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a rail joint which iscomparatively simple in its construction and arrangement, strong,durable, efficient and convenient in its use, readily set up andinexpensive.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is tobe understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resortedto which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a side elevation of a pair of track rails, showing the adaptationtherewith of a rail joint in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is asectional plan of Fig. 1

1; Fig. 3 isa central transverse section of Fig. 1'; Fig4 is a detailillustrating a portion of the locking plate; Fig. 5 is a detailillustrating a portion of one of the fish plates.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 6 and 7 denote a pair of trackrails, and each includes a head 8, web 9 and base 10. Arranged at oneside of thewebs 9 and engaging the heads S and bases 10, is a fish plate11, and arranged at the other side of the webs 9 and engaging the heads8 and bases 10 is a sh plate 12.

The fish plate 11 is provided with a series of square openings 13arranged in alinement with eircul ar openings 14 formed in the webs 9,and extending through the alining openings 13-14 are bolts, eachincluding a head 15, and a shank having a squared portion 16 and acylindrical portion 17, the latter having its periphery provided withoppositely disposed grooves 18. The heads 15 of the bolts abut againstthe outer face of the iish plate 11, the squared portions of the shanksof the bolts being seated in the openings 13, and the ylindricalportions 17 of the bolts projecting through the openings 14 and into thefish plate 12.

The fish plate 12 is provided with a series 4of longitudinally extendingkeyhole-shaped openings 19, and the contracted portion of each of saidopenings is indicated at 20. Each of the longitudinal walls of thecontracted portion 20 of each of the openings is beveled in oppositedirections as illustrated clearly in Fig. 3, and the said beveled wallsare adapted to seat in the grooves 18 of the shanks of the bolts wherebylengthwise movement of the bolts is arrested. The cylindrical portions17 of the shanks of the bolts are first entered in the enlarged portionof the keyhole-shaped openings 19, after which the lish plate 12 isshifted in a direction whereby the beveled walls of the contractedportion 20 of the keyhole-shaped openings will engage in the grooves 18of the cylindrical portions 17 of the shanks of the bolts.

For maintaining the cylindrical portion 17 of the shanks of the bolts inthe contracted po-rtion 2O of the keyhole-shaped openings, retaininglugs 2l are employed, and which are so shaped as to allow of their beingpositioned not only in the enlarged portions of the keyhole-shapedopenings, but to project into the contracted portion 20 of saidkeyhole-shaped openings and engage the cylindrical portions 17 of theshanks of the bolts, as clearly illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1,whereby the bolts are prevented from lengthwise movement, and the shplate 12 from longitudinal movement upon the shanks of the bolts.

The retaining lugs 21 are carried by a plate 22 which is arrangedagainst the outer face of the fish plate 12, and the said plate 22 isenlarged centrally as at 23, and formed centrally of its inner face, asat 24, with a pocket, and further provided centrally with an opening 25having a round threaded wall.

